Reeltime offer up a little piece of history in their most well realised offering to date. They are only getting better at this. The CGI is oddly good considering how cheap the budget is, but I suppose it was the late 90s and advancements had been made in the time the show had been off air.

It’s a genuine privilege to see Terrance Dicks’ final contribution to the show realised in 1999. I feel like the original era has been given an extended life. He does a wonderful job of pushing his sontaran a little bit and giving it growth. Since the original Mindgame they have honed the differing voices of the sontaran and draconian. The performances are now spot on.

I don’t really get why the draconian is into Shakespeare and am still not convinced with the idea of Ace being a mercenary (or my word, the idea that she’d ever try and kill herself) but otherwise I was behind most creative decisions made here. It’s a luxury to get to spend a little more time with Sophie Aldred if nothing else.